Join our Level Up Career Community
Your source for career growth solutions: Newsletter, Live Podcast/Events, Leadership Networking Community
I'm excited to announce our new Level Up Career Community, your source for career growth solutions that includes a newsletter, live podcast/events, full video recordings, a private community for leadership networking, and more.
I have turned away people ready to pay for career coaching because I lack the time to coach more people.
My solution is to open a Career Community.
The community will be subscription-based because I will invest paid coaching time in creating short classes, Q&A sessions, and live interviews for the community instead.
Paid members get the following 9 benefits:
Watch live executive coaching between Ethan and a real client.
Topic-specific career talks with Q&A from Ethan.
Career Q&A with Ethan.
Fireside chats with diverse leaders and domain experts.
Ethan’s career book club (includes live debrief, sometimes with the author).
Access to private Slack leadership networking community + networking events.
Ethan’s new 1:1 coaching offer.
Video recording of all events.
Every issue of the newsletter (~8 per month).
Feel free to use this expense template to ask your manager as many members got reimbursed as a L&D expense.
Detailed membership benefits with testimonials and video highlights:
(1) Executive coaching session with a real client.
You get to see how executive coaching works and learn alongside my client (the first is a Director of PM in FAANG and the second is a Regional VP in Big Tech). See what Amazon Director Omar Halabieh had to say:
(2) Career talks with Q&A.
First talk was “How Being Unreasonable Drove Me to Amazon VP.”
The community voted for the second talk Executive 1:1s “Using Them Well”.
The community will continue to vote on topics to help steer focus areas.
In this highlight clip, Ethan shares how to best maximize Executive 1:1 time.
Become a member to watch the full 65-minute video recording and attend future events live.
(3) Fireside chats with leaders and domain experts.
We will cover various career issues with leading figures from our network (Mine, Jason’s, and yours).
Topics covered:
How the 4G recipe turns people managers into Talent Magnets
How to Speak like an Executive and Command the Room
How to Influence Without Authority
Proven Management Tactics at the Executive level
In this 5-minute highlight clip, Dave Kline (former COO and Co-Head at Bridgewater Associates) shares the framework and dashboard he uses to manage up and the difference in managing up to visionary Founder/CEOs like Ray Dalio.
Become a member to watch the full 70-minute video recording and attend future events live.
Watch the full video recording of Ethan and Harriette Cole (Leadership Coach & Media Trainer to Fortune 100 executives and musicians like Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah), discussing Executive Presence.
(4) My career book club.
Includes a live debrief where I will discuss my latest reading and sometimes the author will join us.
(5) Career Q&A
Where I answer the community’s most popular questions (via voting mechanism) and take live questions.
(6) Access private Slack leadership networking community + networking events.
We host online networking events where you can work together to Level Up.
Also includes access to a member directory and community insights library.
Success story: A community member landed their role at FAANG: “What was key was that I actively participated in the live course AND followed through with some participants afterwards to talk shop and build relationships. One of those relationships just happened to be able to help when I needed it. Simply adding connections wouldn’t have been successful as they would have had no context about me, and not enough trust to put me in touch with important people in THEIR network.”
(7) Ethan’s new 1:1 “I need help” coaching offer.
Offered to community members first.
(8) Video recording of all events (14+ hours of content to date).
Unless otherwise noted, all events will be video-recorded and shared with members.
(9) Every issue of the newsletter (~8 per month).
Free members get 2 full issues whereas paid members get 8.
We will continue to experiment with different events and listen to community feedback.
Jeff Bezos once said that he wanted to make Amazon Prime such a good deal that it would be "irresponsible" not to join.
That is our goal with Level Up.
The new community is $17/month (or $170/year).
My standalone classes on Kajabi (on-demand courses) and Maven (live online classes) sell for $99 up to $2495, so this is an incredible deal. My classes normally cost hundreds of dollars and my current coaching rate is $1500/hour, but now you will get a one-hour talk and other benefits for only $17, or $14.17 on the annual plan.
To give you a flavor, here is our live online events schedule for the first 3 months:
January:
Executive Coaching with Ethan Evans and client (Director of PM) - Session 1 on "How can I establish myself as a stellar Director in this new role and company?"
Career talk and Q&A on “How Being Unreasonable Drove Me to Amazon VP” (example event page)
Ethan’s book club with Sebastien Taveau, the author of "The Delivery Man: The Art of turning ideas into products in Silicon Valley"
February:
Speed networking event
Executive Coaching with Ethan Evans and client (Director of PM) - Session 2 on “How can I infuse internal / external networking into my weekly activities?”
Workshop with Jason Yoong and Sudha Ranganathan (Director at LinkedIn) on “How to turn people managers into Talent Magnets”
Fireside chat with Ethan Evans and Harriette Cole (leadership coach and media trainer to Fortune 100 executives and famous musicians Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah) on “How to Speak like an Executive and Command the Room”
Ethan’s book club with Kristi Coulter, author of "Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career"
[BONUS] Ethan’s “Hiring Hacks” course pilot (not video recorded)
March:
Career talk and Q&A on “Executive 1:1s — Using Them Well”
Fireside chat with Jason Yoong and Irina Stanescu (Engineering Leader & Coach; ex-Google, ex-Uber) on “How to Influence Without Authority”
Executive Coaching with Ethan Evans and client (Director of PM) - Session 3 on "How can I manage my time and energy against my work and non-work goals?"
Networking event
More to be announced…
To become a member, upgrade to a paid Substack newsletter membership.
What paid members are saying:
“I did get my L7 promo after that 30 min talk with you :)”
“Finding good advisors is not so easy and I’ve found value in your content.”
“Every single post you have made has added value for me without fail.”
"I’ve been learning a ton from you. Feeling my promotion is closer than ever.”
“I was struggling to find beyond level opportunities as a Sr. EM. Once I started practicing the Magic Loop approach - specifically, where I decided to optimize for the business/org overlooking personal gains - executive leadership recognized me as a trusted leader and the opportunities opened up. Also, the Magic Loop approach has provided me with more job satisfaction.”
"I support your work because I can tell by what you share on LinkedIn that you have a deep understanding of the nuances of career success, and that you are passionate about sharing your experience and expertise with others. I appreciate both those attributes, greatly."
“Sudha was a fantastic presenter, I loved how quickly and clearly she answered complex questions.” — David Cottrell (Amazon Engineering Leader)
“This was probably the most important 1 hr of my career Ethan, thank you so much! I’m only a year late but I know that I got this from this point on.” — Tugce Kasikci, PhD (Senior Manager, Product Management — Telemetry & Observability at Capital One)
“The emphasis on practicing constructive feedback as a crucial aspect for the team resonated strongly with me. Additionally, your point on rewarding invisible work and prioritizing team success over external prestige is a perspective I deeply appreciate.” (read Sandeep Basavaraj’s full LinkedIn post).
"I think this was the best event to date. The tips were prescriptive yet realistic and with substance. Specifically: owning who you are and what you look like (and the nuances), how to operate in remote environments, and how to solicit feedback (and give it) on how to do better." — Dina Keilany (RVP at Oracle)
Contact Us
If you have questions or issues, email Jason Yoong (Ethan’s operating partner) at: yoongjason (at) gmail (dot) com
If you are a paid member and do not know how to join the Slack community, check your welcome email. If you cannot find it, email Jason at the above address and note which email you subscribed with.
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Level Up is your source for career growth solutions & community by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans.
Present! Looking forward to this new initiative.
This site is frustrating! I am a paid member but there is no instruction anywhere on this site to tell me where to get access to the paid member content.